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c V . j i % $1.00 a year in advance ; $1.50 to United States. BOWMAN VILLE, ONTARIO, CANADA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 20 1916 Volume. LX1I. No,. 3. THE EDITOR TALKS; , Johnston & Cryderman find that they have too many Ladies' Coats on hand, and to make a clearance will from this date sell all Colored Coats at exactly HALF-PRICE and will take one-third off the price of all Black Coats in stock. Furs of all kinds at greatly reduced prices. W Buy Spectacles Ttys WeeK at Jury 5fc Lovell's and get Gold pilled Chaii> or $1,00 Spectacles - - Are You Eye Wise ? You should know that today old fashioned methods will not give the results that carefully constructed scientific instruments give. Are You Eye Wise ? Our optical room is equipped with the best instruments instruments known for arriving at the exact amount of defect in each eye We have had over 25 years' experience. You pay nothing extra for these advantages. In fact the large business we do enables us to sell the finest up to date goods at less than many charge for second grade goods. Jury & Lovell. If so, you will know that "a little knowledge is a dangerous thing." No matter what method is adopted in eye testing the Final Test that gives a guarantee of comfort and satisfaction to the customer is EXPERIENCE. Within the past few months several complaints have come to us from people who have been induced *0 let pedlars sell them glasses. Some of these men pretend to be "Eye Specialists," others call themselves "Doctors" and still others claim to have had experience as Opticians in Toronto General General Hospital. Jury & Lovell, Graduates of Chicago Ophthalmic College, New York School of Optics, Detroit Optical College. We charge you nothing for consultation and our experience of over 25 years enable us to give you genuine service. Jury & Lovell, When we test eyes it is done properly. > Are You Eye Wise ? . If s^you know that "The Shadow Test" has been in use a great many years. Over 25 years ago we took a complete course on "The Shadow Test" at the Chicago Ophtnal- . mic College, and later at New York School of Optics, also at tjie Detroit Optical College. We still use this method but have since above time, added the-most improved instruments and methods as they come out from time to time. _ If you want the best possible results from really really modern methods and really scientific instruments, instruments, you will find both in <,ur Optical Department. Department. No charge for_ consultation. Jury & Lovell, The Reliable Druggists and Opticians. Are You Eye Wise ? If so, these prices will appeal to you. Special Prices any day this month Finest $5 gold filled, complete...... $3.00 " 14k gold filled frames..;.... .....2.00 " Quality lenses 1.00 Regular quality lenses. .50 Lenses specially ground to suit individual cases at lowest prices. FREE In addition to. these special prices everyone buying . Gold Filled Spectacles or Eye ' Glasses this, month will ~ be given free of all charge their, choice of--I Fine Quality Gold Filled Eye Glass Chain or 1 pair of Steel or Aluminum frames fitted with glasses and suitable for general use as a second pair for rough work. Jury & Lovell. Two little interest in municipal affairs affairs is shown by 75 per cent of, citizens citizens or possibly more. Citizens are all shareholders to the extep; of their holdings in their municipality and on this account should evince has great and keen interest in all corporation affairs as the shareholders dé in any financial or industrial concern in which they hold shares. Two sister towns DAN D. MOURNS LOSS OF TWO COMRADES Sad Opening of the New Year. Dear Mr. James--We didn't welcome welcome the New Year with bell-ringing --at least, I didn't notice anything but the crash of rifle grenades The Old Year passed sadly for us, for we lost in the passing of the last two days, in this Midland District have : to hold two of our old comrades, a second nomination and election to complete their council boards this year--Port Hope and Lindsay. Of the latter the Daily Warder aptly says: "For a town of 8,000 people if depicts a sad state of affairs, indeed, and it is not the ordinary ratepayer who is to ,• --T -- j-- -- blame, but the business men;of Lind- j fie lived but a short time--long enough • - -- • - - ■ i . to reach the dressincr sfatinn Sn 1-tu I'll speak of Rod Harty first, for you have heard of him in my letters to you He was hit very badly by a rifle grenade when on his way to get the stretcher bearers for some of his chums who had been hit just before say, who fail to take the interest "in ! to / eacI l 1 î ;he ^ssing station. So pas the town affairs that they would in ■ ano " er o^gifal 2nd Bat running their own individu -1 business. ™ l ? n ' °? e was the life of No. 9 ^ ^--iv---- t j . i- - t ! Platoon in place of dear old Happy Yet the two should go hand:in hand, for a good business council means a good town.' Martin after Ypres. Rod, with his ever-read y laugh and care-free disposition, disposition, would share his last cigarette Txr A .n with anyone. We'll miss his original n any Peifon-ever gave jokes too, for there was always tome o L^°oi ghfc t0 ot new thought running thru his head, a P a P, er wh ? IS expected to write | and when things looked their worst, ^ l î Ua L y ° r every Pf 80 ^^ I hn'd say something that would make ïi stl ! ct ff ho P a T s . s t s away^rom this . us a ll laugh in spite of ourselves, sphere of action. It has fallen to our m l , , . , , „ T , lot in over 38 years to write.- or edit f " e °f b er h^s la'-t call I do not hundreds of records of life, death and : ï hink i ha %e mentioned before, Dave burial. Tn our dasiro n.nd AflVintn Hn LAicas, brother of our 'one man band' DR. S. MORLEY W1CKETT. burial. In our desire and efforts to do justice to the person deceased,' we always always like, to emphasize the 1 influence of the life just pass id. out, and it is a problem often to place a proper appre- : elation on the life of a person: A kind- hearted Toronto lady in writing us | recently on this subject, expressed in choice language this sentiment : "flow | little we realize the radius of our in-i fluence and the priceless value of single life nobly lived. I wish we were all more ready to give praise and express appreciation of one another when we know it is deserved: !t would certainly give us a happier and broader broader spirit of sympathy and hearten many a one who lives from day to day on a high noble plane of living, but apparently unappreciated But we really do care more for one another than appears on the surface, do we not?" Then, as if to pay tribute to the heart-qualities of mankind generally, generally, she said "Tnis war in Europe has brought out heart-qualities that we hardly knew existed before. What nobility of sacrifice evinced by our men, and what manifestations of the united people we ave at heart , ready to do all in our power for the highest mentioned before. Dave was hit twice before. At Ypres he was hit on the nose much the same as I was, and at Givenchy on the head with a piece of shell. He was hit badly in the trench here, and died before he could be taken out. Dave never said much, but he was a worker to be depended on at ! all times. The 'old soldier' went back a . too, slightly damaged, but I don't ; think badly. So you'll see from these events that the old. year went out sadly enough to us. We'll hope, however, however, for a better N nv Year and mayhap mayhap a speedy peace, Rev. Dr. George Coulson Workman, M. A., Pays à Worthy Tribute in His Address at the Funeral Service in sherbourne-st., Methodist Church, Toronto. laws of life and well-beings, SUBSCRIBERS, ATTENTION ! Printers' Prices Go Up Publishers have no alternative but to advance-the price of their papers. The necessity is forced upon them and necessity necessity leaves no choice. We believe every wholesale house with which we deal has advanced prices on us. To let our readers see the kind of advices we receive, we publish herewith the last one: James Publishing House, Bowmanville. Ont. PRICES ADVANCED TO TAKE EFFECT ON AND AFTER 4TH. JANUARY, 1916. On metals other than sectional posts 10% net. • On metals with sectional posts, 20°/° net to be added to prices as listed in our Catalogue No, 100. Above is Arbitrary and is necessitated through increasing costs in metals, etc. PRINTERS' SPECI ALITIES LIMITED 52 SPADINA AVE. TORONTO All prices we have formerly quoted for printing, subscriptions or advertising are subject to change without further notice. No advance beyond one dollar a year will he made on the subscription price of this paper before Tuesday February 1,1916. This will give all subscribers ample time to pay up for 1916 at one dollar a year. After that date the full price of $1.50 will be charged except where other papers are ordered with this one then a special club rate will be made. All accounts sent out at the dollar rate for arrears not paid by Feb. 1st. next, will be increased to the $1.50 rate. The chance is still given to all to square up before the advance goes into effect. M. A. James & Sons. Several reasons prompt publication % Dr. Workman's beautiful appreciation appreciation of tiffs man, his life and work: His sudden death is a distinct loss to econ- ■mic and civic progress in Toronto; he was a valued member of Durham Old Boys' Association, his father Mr. R S. Wicket is a friend of many people '<f West Durham and more readers of this journal elsewhere, and besides , - . -- being a I'll changeliow from the grave to ! P%sonaI fviend of the editor for well the gay and tell you of a good laugh I ' ' " " " " had. One day Fritz was very busy, and Major McLaughlin was out looking looking for souvenirs--of all things ! One of the minors saw him, 'and not knowing knowing him, naturally got suspicious. So, what did he do but shove a cartridge into the breech of his gun, and pointing pointing it at the Major, told him to go ahead of him. Naturally, the Major objected to such treatment, but a rifle, loaded and ready, is a great persuader, and the Major 'walked* and was taken back and kept until someone proved that he was one of out officers ! He complimented the man afterwards,- saying that "if there were a few more like him, there wouldn't be so many spies about". The Major has had quite a time since he struck here, for the weather has done its worst, Fritzv has had a hand in making things generally uncomfortable, uncomfortable, and then he's taken for a spy-- some experience, èh ? I can write about nothing more now of very special interest, but I might say I ha 1 a surprise parcel from "A reader of The Statesman in Brad- worthy, Devonshire". I'm sorry all the people do not let me know their nam -s in such cases, for I would like- to personally thank them for their kindness. Then just before Xmas. I had a box of cigars come from Saskatchewan--no Saskatchewan--no name to be found--but they seem to know Clarence Hall, by note enclosed. Many thanks to a nigh fifty years, the Wickett family is connected by marriage with not only the editor's but with several other families in West Durham and Ontario counties. And lastly, the wholesome, helpful inf uence and inspiration of such a devoted life, spent so largely after completing his college course for a liberal, practical, education, in the betterment of the civic Jife of his adopted adopted city and for the general welfare of all who could be reached by his uplifting uplifting influence.--Editor. Rev. Dr. Workman's Address. The many friends of Alderman S. Morley Wickett throughout the city and country were surprised and pained on the morning of December the 8 h. wheff they opened their papers and read that he had passed away during the night. He looked so well and seemed seemed so strong that most of them were saddened by the startling suddenness of his taking off. To me, however, its suddenness, a- part from the shock it gave his family, is not a thing to be deplored, as I see nothing necessarily sad in sudden death. death. The modern mind is thinking, not of death, but of-life. At all events, it thinks.much less of death than life, for death is nothing in itself, but life is everything, It is as natural to die as to be horn, and those who lead a noble i,, ; and useful iife need think no tnol-é of J he rwiH aoconiphsh more the onethanthey thought of 1 he other. wm * th,,> """ fnl FRUIT MEN, ATTENTION ! . Annual meeting of the Northumberland and Durham Apple Growers' Association will be held in Council Chamber, Cobourg on Wednesday, Jan. 26th ■ Business session session begins at 10 o'clock, addresses in afternoon by D. Johnson, Fruit Commissioner, Commissioner, Ottawa, "Marketing Probléms"; A. W. Peart, Burlington, "Orchard Management" Management" ; P. W. Hodgetts, Director of Fruit Branch, Toronto, "Co-operative Fruit Growers' of Ontario, Limited". A RARE OPPORTUNITY. an- Special attention is called to the nouncement on page 5 made by Rod'k M. Mitchell & Co., Druggists & Opticians, regarding regarding the visit of Mr. F. A. Graham to Bowmanville. Mr. Graham, is reputed to be one of Canada's front rank eye specialists specialists and comes to give Mr. Mitchell a course of special, instruction in "Shadow Testing", which is the modem method of eye. examination. The operator, by the simple use of the retiooscope, looks into the eye and locates its defects. Mr. Graham Graham while here, Jan. 24 to Feb. 2, will give daily free demonstrations and those who now wear glasses or, suffer from any eye weakness or strain are earnestly in- vited-to visit Mitchell's Drug Store and avail themselves of this exceptional opportunity. opportunity. Make special appointments by phoning 92a. sender of same, too. Everyone else might accept this thanks if they do not hear from me personally, as some parcels piay have gone astray. All are well at time of wrifcin, only 'Yorkie' has lost his voice t hru a cold, so he speaks in a whisper--very handy here whe. e we are. Before I close, I may as well add another another full oLthe woes of .'our bu ich'. We have an old face with us now-- 'Bobs' Wren--who has returned to this company- to enjoy the glorious life in the trenches and I think he's nearly fed up already, for Fritzy is bad-temnered, and the weather is ideal Flanders weather, and the mud is "so jolly beastly wet, don'cher know'. Bobs doesn't say this, but he says he feels 'damp' and I don't wonder at it at all. When you've flopped aronnd for a day or so in the trenches and have slept in dugouts that persist in weeping over you, to be damp is as natural as being alive. If Bobs sticks this as well as he did 'the rest camp'-- as the Colonel called the transport service--he'll be 'the goods' all right. Young Jack Edgerton looked in a few minutes ago to get 'his eats'--he gets his rations with us yet. We see him often in the trenches, he being a 'runner' or telephone messenger, and he's the. boy who causes many a grumble grumble in this outfit, with his "order for ten men' say 'to report to headquarters for fatigue duty'. Oh, yes! we're still doing fatigues as if we all liked them. The last time he brought a message along, if I remember correctly, every time T enme to a capital letter, the Germ tns would send over 1, grenade--- 'Yorkie' was away, that's howl came to be reading the order instead of him, I remember Jack saying quite* ordinary ordinary like "They're sending some gren- ades-over here, ain't they?" Now, if anyone had asked me if they were doing doing so, I would have said "P" should say they ---- well are !" For when they come to put three or four in one spot, they're going some' I guess they've got a new supply in. tnat's why they're so free with them. But that's 'Little Jack' as hé is. I've got to go on duty pretty soon, so I'll take a sleep now. ~ First time I've ever mentioned the fact that I sleep here,'isn't .it ? Best regards to evèryone at home from all here. . Yours, Dan D. Dan's other letters on an inside page. Most peop'e now do nut-regard death as people in general used to regard it, nor do they pray to be delivered from sudden death as those in former times did. For these reasons I am not particularly particularly saddened by the suddenness of his death. What grieves me chiefly is not the suddenness of his death, but its untimeliness. untimeliness. That is to me a matter of profound profound regret, both for his relatives and friends, and also for the people of this city, whom he served so willingly, and I believe, so well. Dr. Wickett was comparatively a young man. Born in 1872, he had barely ^reached what we call middle life. He has been removed from us in the prime of his manhood, in the vigor of his intellect, and in what appeared to be the fullness of his physical strength. As he was taken away in the midst of his years, his passing suggests such images as a broken broken pillar, an uncompleted structure, and an unfinished work. Yet when I remember that to live is to energize, and when I recall how lavishly lavishly he expended his energy, I check ray grief. Many a man lives as much in thirty years as others live in sixty. So, considering how diligently he studied, how arduously he labored, and how faithfully he served, I console myself myself concerning him with the reflection so beautifully expressed by Bailey,that "We live in deeds, not years; in thoughts, not breaths; In feelings, not in figures on a dial. We should count time by heart-1 hobs; he most lives Who thinks most, feels the noblest, acts the best. Judged by that standard, Du. Wickett Wickett must have lived a tolerably long life, and may have accomplished as much in his two-score years as most men of his class accomplish in three-score years and ten. Indeed, I think he lived at too high a pressure, and expended his energy too rapidly; for he worked early and late, and crowded too much into each day. He was too intensely occupied, and kept the bow too steadily bent. Not relaxing relaxing sufficient y, or not taking recreation recreation enough, he broke down early by reason of incessant strain. Notwithstanding difference in our ag s, we were very congenial friends, and our friendship seems to have heed spontaneous and. reciprocal. I knew him intimately, valued him highly highly and loved him sincerely. As I had a pretty thorough knowledge of. his character, there are two things about h of, which I wish briefly to speak,, outh of them are praisén 01 thy, and bm b should be placed to his credit. I mention them in the hope that others may be led to emulate them. The first characteristic was his moral earnestness. He regarded life as a d.vine gift, he discerned a purpose purpose in it, a purpose which he endeavored endeavored earnestly lo fulfil. In his view such a gift laid him under an obliga- tum and led him to feel responsible t.r living usefully. He look life seriously, seriously, therefore, and he took himself seriously, too. His view of life made him a man of ideals as well as ideas. One of the newspapers spoke of him as idealist in civic politics, and so he was; but he was a practical idealist. He was not a mere sear of visions nor a mere dreamer of dreams. He not only saw something more and better, but also saw how something more and better might be brought about. Hence his ideals were not irrational and unattainable, unattainable, but rational and measurably measurably attainable. As his ideals were not too lofty to be realized, he did his utniost to realize them. In my last visit at his home he showed me before I left an outline of a lecture he was then preparing on some municipal question for delivery in one of our Ontario Ontario cities. In every part of it, I noticed, he emphasized the ethical side, showing that the moral aspect of a subject was always present in his mind. The second characteristic was his public spirit. Regarding life as a sacred sacred gift arid feeling responsible for his use of it, he felt# responsible also to society. Hence he was not satisfied to live solely for himself and his family. family. _ He had leisure and might have studied; he had money and might have travelled; he had social position, and might have given himselt to pleasure; pleasure; he had industrial interests, and might have devoted his interests to gain. Buthe believed the community in which he lived had claims upon him, and so determined to serve 1 he public, if he could, by entering the arena of civic life. Instead of standing standing off and looking on, instead of sitting sitting down and doing nothing, or instead instead of idly criticizing other men, he offered himself two years ago as an aldermanic candidate, and, to the surprise surprise of many, I presume, was elected to office. During that period he has . applied himself to municipal government and social betterment and financial ref01 m as no other member of the council has; and, though he did not succeed as fully as he hoped or as he expected, possibly, he did achieve considerable success. But whether he ach eved much or little, he persevered steadily in the face of difficulty and opposition, never dwelling on discouragement or. dreaming of defeat. And in my judgment, though baffléd sometimes, he was not really defeated. He failed to see his efforts .crowned with complete success, but lie set to. work some forces that will continue to operate, and inaugurated some reforms reforms that must eventually be carried into effect. His attitude was so true, his suggestions were so sane, and his principles were so sound that his labors cannot come to naught. They must have accomplished much, and complish more. He did a work that will be more fully appreciated, appreciated, I am confident, in the time to come. Those are the two things about Dr. Wickett that impressed me most--his moral earnestness and his public spirit; and, while both are important characteristics, the former is particularly particularly necessary in order to serve others to the best advantage. A man may be an inventor or an improver of something something very useful; he may be the maker maker of something very valuable in a monetary sense; but a practical idealist idealist must have moral ideals and must be a moral man. He was a type of citizen which every municipality needs, and of which all our cities have too few. Every one of them requires men who feel that the community claims a portion of their thought and time - men who will subordinate their private interest to the public interest and make their personal good a part of the general good. He furnishes an illustration of how a student and a scholar may also be a man of affairs, and his example is not simply one that should be imitated, imitated, but one that should be an inspiration inspiration to others of his rank. I regard the death of Dr. Wickett as a great loss to -this community. However excellent other aldermen may be--and there are excellent public public servants among them, I am sure-- those of you who ate present will permit permit me to say that his passing leaves our city poorer in moral manhood and our city council weaker in moral force. I could wish that all the aldermen in our cities, and ail the councillors in our towns, and all the public men in our country, were actuated by the motives and dominated by the ideals, and guided by the principles that characterized him. So far as the ' things that characterized him were right and good, I hope and pray they may characterize each one of you. THANKS, GENEROUS THANKS I The members of the Women's Hospital Auxiliary desire thru this journal to express express their very sincere and generous thanks to all citizens who responded to the appeal for contributions to the financial financial support of the Hospital. All interested interested will be glad to learn that so general was the response that the handsome sum of about $225.00 will be added to the treasury. Again, well done Bowmanville. MRS. L. A. TOLE, President, MRS. A. L, Nicholls, -Treas., Mrs. F. J. Manning. Secretary. X •YV A.